Species that contain: Oxyurichthys and microlepis [ 5 ] records

cristatus, Euctenogobius Day [F.] 1873:109 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1873 (pt 1) (art. 4) (for 21 Jan. 1873); ref. 14185] Mumbai and Madras, India. Syntypes: (numerous) AMS B.8198 (1); BMNH 1889.2.1.3398-3407 (11); MNHN A-0014 (1) Mumbai; NMW 76911 (1); ZMB 1910 (1); ZSI 75 (1), 190-191 (2), A.222 (1, lost). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:161 [ref. 23762], Bauchot et al. 1991:23 [ref. 19958], Ferraris et al. 2000:296 [ref. 25110]. Reasons for loss of ZSI type specimens during WWII see Chopra 1947:349-350 [ref. 33077]. •Synonym of Oxyurichthys microlepis (Bleeker 1849) -- (Maugé 1986:378 [ref. 6218], Ataur Rahman 2003:326 [ref. 31338], Kottelat 2013:415 [ref. 32989], Pezold & Larson 2015:5, 39 [ref. 33894], Larson 2022:166 [ref. 39971], Endruweit 2024:87 [ref. 41040]). Current status: Synonym of Oxyurichthys microlepis (Bleeker 1849). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

longicauda, Gobius Steindachner [F.] 1893:151 [Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 30 (no. 14) (for 18 May 1893); ref. 20494] Swatow, China. Syntypes: NMW 29504 (3). Species illustrated and described in more detail in Steindachner 1893:232 [ref. 14536]. Not preoccupied by Gobius longicaudus Jenkins & Evermann 1889 (personal communication, David G. Smith, July 2015). •Synonym of Oxyurichthys microlepis (Bleeker 1849) -- (Wu in Pan et al. 1991:471 [ref. 23876], Kottelat 2013:415 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Oxyurichthys uronema (Weber 1909) -- (Pezold & Larson 2015:6, 81 [ref. 33894] but senior synonym). •Valid as Oxyurichthys longicauda (Steindachner 1893) -- (Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:639 [ref. 25122], Larson & Pezold 2016:171 [ref. 34151], Larson 2022:165 [ref. 39971], Zarei et al. 2022:373 [ref. 39576], Endruweit 2024:87 [ref. 41040]). Current status: Valid as Oxyurichthys longicauda (Steindachner 1893). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: India east to Indonesia, north to Vietnam and southern China, south to northern Australia. Habitat: brackish, marine.

maculatus, Apocryptes Oshima [M.] 1926:21 [Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses v. 11 (no. 1); ref. 3314] Haiho, Hainan Island, China. Syntypes: (9, one described, lost). •Valid as Parapocryptes maculatus (Oshima 1926) -- (Wu & Ni in Kuang et al. 1986:301 [ref. 26639], Kottelat 2013:417 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Oxyurichthys microlepis (Bleeker 1849) -- (Pezold & Larson 2015:5, 39 [ref. 33894], Endruweit 2024:87 [ref. 41040]). Current status: Synonym of Oxyurichthys microlepis (Bleeker 1849). Oxudercidae: Oxudercinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

microlepis, Gobius Bleeker [P.] 1849:35 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 22 [6]; ref. 319] Madura Straits near Surabaya and Sumanap, Java, Indonesia. Syntypes or holotype: RMNH 6179 (1 of 44). Appeared without distinguishing features in list in Bleeker 1849:5 [ref. 320]. •Valid as Oxyurichthys microlepis (Bleeker 1849) -- (Maugé 1986:378 [ref. 6218], Hoese 1986:797 [ref. 5670], Wu & Ni in Kuang et al. 1986:282 [ref. 26639], Ataur Rahman 1989:301 [ref. 24860], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:941 [ref. 20764], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:471 [ref. 23876], Rema Devi 1993:176 [ref. 24020], Kottelat et al. 1993:147 [ref. 23448], Rainboth 1996:206 [ref. 22772], Pezold 1998:694 [ref. 23420], Suzuki et al. 2000:2 [ref. 24535], Suzuki et al. 2000:2 [ref. 24582], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:639 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1259 [ref. 25182], Larson & Murdy 2001:3601 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1259 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:59 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S118 [ref. 27377], Ataur Rahman 2003:326 [ref. 31338], Hoese & Larson 2006:1669 [ref. 29097], Larson et al. 2008:143 [ref. 29532], Shibukawa 2009:281 [ref. 30449], Huang et al. 2014:109 [ref. 33161], Kottelat 2013:415 [ref. 32989], Pezold & Larson 2015:5, 6, 39 [ref. 33894], Shibukawa in Kimura et al. 2018:264 [ref. 36460], Suresh et al. 2018:286 [ref. 36495], Taki et al. 2021:472 [ref. 39830], Larson 2022:166 [ref. 39971], Endruweit 2024:87 [ref. 41040]). Current status: Valid as Oxyurichthys microlepis (Bleeker 1849). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Pakistan and India east to Indonesia, north to Vietnam and Hainan, China, south to Queensland (Australia). Habitat: brackish, marine.

nuchalis, Gobius (Oxyurichthys) Barnard [K. H.] 1927:72 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9) v. 20 (no. 115) (art. 8); ref. 193] Zululand coast, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean, depth 36-42 fathoms [66-77 meters]. Syntypes: BMNH 1927.12.6.52-53 [ex SAM] (2), 1930.1.14.8 [ex SAM] (1); SAM 17360 (11, now 2). Also appeared as new in Barnard 1927:824 [ref. 194]. •Synonym of Oxyurichthys microlepis (Bleeker 1849) -- (Maugé 1986:378 [ref. 6218], Hoese 1986:797 [ref. 5670]). •Valid as Oxyurichthys nuchalis (Barnard 1927) -- (Pezold & Larson 2015:6, 48 [ref. 33894], Fricke et al. 2018:336 [ref. 35805], Larson 2022:166 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Oxyurichthys nuchalis (Barnard 1927). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Southwestern Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) north to Mozambique, east to Madagascar. Habitat: brackish, marine.